Colorado Trip - Part FIVE ...The Campout!!!

**BE PREPARED FOR A TON OF PICTURES**

At the very beginning of our trip, we arrived in Colorado on a Saturday morning. We went to breakfast with my parents and the kids and then we went to their house to hang out for a few days. My grandparents (dad's side) had come to Colorado to spend time with us too. My sisters were there with their families and we all had a nice few days together relaxing at the house. Then it was time to get the boat ready and leave for our camping trip. We left the house on Wednesday to go to Horsetooth Reservoir in Fort Collins, CO.
This campout was the highlight of the trip!

We rented an RV for the 'older' generation to sleep in and to stay cool in during the heat of the day and then we had a tent for me, Gordon and the two girls. Our tent was big enough for a queen size air matress, two pack-n-plays and our luggage. We roughed it in style!!! We camped right on the water and it was gorgeous and HOT weather the whole time.

The group that went up on Wednesday was our little family, my parents and my grandparents. Everyone else was arriving on Friday. So we got an extra day and a half to ourselves on the boat! It was awesome. I grew up with boating and skiing and back in the day I was PRO! Since then, I've had two kids and my body just isn't what it used to be so I was really nervous about getting back out on the water! I don't know who I was kidding - I got right back up on the ski, then I did the wake board, then I did the knee board...once a RIVER RAT - ALWAYS A RIVER RAT!! I still got it!! BOOO YA!

It was awesome. Since we've been married we've done several boating trips with my family so I have been able to share my passion of boating with Gordon. On one of our first trips on the boat, I taught Gordon how to get up and single ski. It was awesome. When he got out there to try, he also got right up and skiied perfectly! I was so proud of my baby!!!

Evelyn LOVED LOVED LOVED grandpa's boat! She got to drive in grandpa's lap and she loved to sit at the bow of the boat and feel the wind in her face and then she would yell "FASTER GRANDPA!" Adorable!

Once the rest of the group got to the campground we broke out the smores at the campfire and we all just had a great time together. We finally had to pack up and leave on Sunday morning. It was a LONG, but FUN & AMAZING campout with the family!!!!!!! Thanks mom and dad!!!!!!

Setting up camp...

The view from our tent...Grandpa setting up the outside kitchen....we ate SO good!!

Launching the boat. Evelyn in the driver's seat!!!

Driving the boat with Grandpa...

Go Grandma Go!! She's still got it - even in her 50's - showing off on the wake board!

Evelyn watching daddy getting ready to ski. Go daddy!

Mommy got some air action on the knee board! (it's my favorite!)

Claire sleeps through all the action!! She fell asleep everytime the engine started!! CUTE!

...STAY TUNED - THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE TO COME!!!!!!!